Camae Ayewa,[5] (born November 19, 1981[6]) better known by her stage name Moor Mother, is an American poet, musician, and activist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

[7] She is one half of the collective Black Quantum Futurism, along with Rasheedah Phillips,[8] and co-leads the groups Irreversible Entanglements and 700 Bliss.

[25] She met the quintet's members through musical and activist endeavors: bassist Luke Stewart shared bills with her band the Mighty Paradocs; saxophonist Keir Neuringer worked with Books Through Bars, whose events Ayewa has emceed; and the trio of Ayewa, Stewart, and Neuringer was followed by the duo of trumpeter Aquiles Navarro and drummer Tcheser Holmes at a 2015 Musicians Against Brutality event following the shooting of Akai Gurley.

[9] The group performed in the inaugural season of the Kennedy Center's "Direct Current" contemporary culture showcase,[26] and their releases have been included in best-of lists in Magnet,[27] NPR Music,[28] The Quietus,[29] and Stereogum's "20 Best Jazz Albums Of The 2010s".

[31] In the fall of 2021, Ayewa began serving as an assistant professor at the University of Southern California's Thornton School of Music.